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Build binary deb package

#deb   #ubuntu   #package  

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Build binary deb package#

A deb is a standard Unix ar archive that contains your application and other utility files.

Internally, a deb package contains a collection of folders that mimics a typical Linux file system, such as /usr, /usr/bin, /opt and so on. A file put in one of those directories will be copied to the same location in the actual file system during installation

deb package files follow a specific naming convention

<name>_<version>-<revision>_<architecture>.deb

Tutorial#

Build deb package for cpp application

app
#include <iostream>

int main(int argc, char** argv){
    std::cout << "hello debian package" << std::endl;
    return 0;
}
build
g++ hello.cpp -o hello

Create temporary working directory#

mkdir hello_1.0_1_amd64
mkdir -p hello_1.0_1_amd64/usr/local/bin
cp hello hello_1.0_1_amd64/usr/local/bin/

control file#

mkdir hello_1.0_1_amd64/DEBIAN
touch hello_1.0_1_amd64/DEBIAN/control
DEBIAN/control
Package: hello
Version: 1.0
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Internal Pointers 
Description: A program that greets you.

Build#

# dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group <package-dir>
dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group hello hello_1.0_1_amd64

Test#

sudo dpkg -i hello_1.0_1_amd64.deb 

dpkg -l | grep hello

sudo dpkg -r hello

scripts#

Run scripts before or after package installation and removal script locate in DEBIAN sub folder

permission

Don’t forget execute permission

  • preinst: before install
  • postinst: post install
  • prerm: before remove
  • postrm: after remove

dependencies#

Add dependencies to Depends section

# from deb tmp folder
# create empty debian/control file
# use dpkg-shlibdeps to get binary dependencie
# Add them to DEBIAN/control Depends section

dpkg-shlibdeps -O path/to/binary/file

Reference#